Article feeder



June 3, l930.-

s. EBERLY ARTICLE FEEDER Filed Feb. 24l 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 im mi NVENT ATT ENEY' June 3, 1930.

S. EBERLY ARTICLE FEEDER Filed Feb, 24, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet ,2

Patented June 3, 1930 UNITED fSTA-TI-:s

sYLvEsTER EBERLY, onronnno,

PATENT OFFICE.:

OHIO, AssIeNoR or Olm-HALF` To KNUD Fransman, -OF TOLEDO, OHIO f ARTICLE :FEEDER Application filed February 24, 1925. Serial No. 11,146.

, This invention relates to delivery or translfer apparatus for articles. y

This invention has utility when incorporated in feeders .for washers, as in the delivery c `ofrnilk bottles,l beverage bottles,rjars, glass- 15 livery end of the feeder ofvFig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a plan view'of the feeder of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a section on the line V-V, Fig. 4,andy

Fig. l6 is a detail view of the chute control 20 connectionjfor discharge from the feeder with the parts in dischargeposition.

Motor 1 servesv tooperate washer 2 havingv endless conveyor 3 carrying sockets 4 into which milk bottles or jars mayy be' inserted for 25 passing through the washerl there to be scrubbed, scalded, washed, and Vrinsed'. This washer 2 has rotary shaft 5 carrying cam 6 acting -upon roller 7 to rock lever 8 mounted on fixedv fulcrum 9.y From this lever 8 ex-v tendsV link 10 herein 'shown as the connection for Vsynchronizing they feed operation to the washer2 with the interinissions in the driving of the conveyor r3. vThe discharge end of themaehine shows let-'down lland pusher 12 forv the delivery ofarticlesfaswashed upon -a,tablef13.,N y y The" feeder proper comprises frame` 14 carrying motor 15 having shaft 16 kcarrying pinion ,17 in 'mesh with' gear 18 onshaft 19 extending through'the frame ,14; to vcarry pinion v in mesh with gear wheel 21 on shaft 22 extending Aover the frame 14 Vand there xedly` mounted by` bearings 23, 24. On this s'haft'22 are sprocket wheels 25 coacting with sprocket chains 26 extendinglparallel to the top of the frame k14 to pass about'sprocketv wheels 27"1on follower vshaft 28 mounted `by bearings 29 adjacent thek receiving end of '59y this feeder.A These sprocketchains 26 carry slats 30 which forma flexible belt or endless conveyor.v

The frame'14 adjacent the delivery end has upstanding brackets 31 carrying'shaft 32. Loosely mounted on fulcrum or'shaft 32 are brackets 33 carrying angular supports 34 as a casev holder. Thebrackets 33 and anglev support 34 are counter-balanced or so dis-V posed as to the fulcrum32 as to hang away from the conveyor 30, the drop position of which is determined by stops 35 from the frame 14.

. On the support 34, case 3.6, may be placedl carrying, say milk bottles 37 having the bot- ,f toms of such bottles inthe top yor discharge side of the case, so that as the case 36 yis tilted against gravity toward the conveyorV 30, vthe bottoms ofthe bottles 37 are toward the conveyor 30and the casemay be readilyshifted from, the support 36 upon the conveyor 3 0,

, and with the case lifted olf such conveyor to have the bottles 37 top side upon `this conveyor 3Q.

This conveyor 30 iscontinuously driven by:`

the motor 15 to have its upper reach travel away from the supportV 34 `toward narrow platform 38.l In the travel of the bottles toward this platform 38, the bottles are divided into rows by ypartitions 39"suspended above the conveyor 30 and-x the` platformf 38 by bridge portions 40. These )bottles 37k as sortedinto rows by the parti-tions 39, as tothe front row of such bottles, have such rest upon y the platform` 38 and overhang slightly therefrom away from the conyeyor 30. Besides the partitions 39 to guide the kbottles in the intermediate region,there lare marginal guide portions 41 holding the terminal bottles from shifting laterally off conveyor; belt 30.

These lateral guides 41 are 'supported by brackets 42'rising from the frame 14 and are also connected to supports 43 carrying the carried by cross-bars 45.

Bracket 46 upwardly extends from the dis-k charge end of the frame 14. Fixed slides 47 are yengaged by the upper portion :of the brackets 46. These slides 47 register with the stop or rest positions of sockets 4 of vthe endbridge Vportions 40. `The conveyor belt 30y is sustained as to its upper reach by slides 44v bearing and normally extending upwardly from the conveyor for holding articles from passing. from the conveyor, a xed guide beyondthe conveyor, a receiver toward which the guide is directed,'and means for rocking the chute to extend downwardly beyond thel Conveyor to direct an article from the conveyor over said 'guide'to said receiver. 5. Anarticle aligning. delivery device em- 19 bodying a conveyor', `pivotbearings transversely of the conveyor, tiltable supply `and delivery means for the conveyor extending transversely thereof and lmounted in said Y bearings, one adjacent each end of the con-v 15 veyor and extending in alignment therewith and therebeyond, and partitions intermediate the transverse extent of the conveyor and parallel to each other and the direction of article Vtravel on the conveyor for re-.aligning con- 20 veyor shifted articles in parallel rows to the ldelivery means.

6. A delivery device embodying a conveyor, a platform to'which articles are delivered by said conveyor, an abutment holding articles v from the conveyor on the platform, a pivotal mounting disposing the abutment to provide an intermediate receiving position, and means l for rocking the abutment discharge end downward from an initial holding position toan intermediate 'receivingv position and there holding an article on ythe platform, said means thereafter being shiftable to hold a Y succeeding article while discharging said revceived article. ,f

In witness whereof aflx my signature.

SYLVESTER EBERLY. Y 

